‘Office 365 Development’ category archive
Office 365 Newswire: Cloud war declared! – 1.6.2012
Ty Anderson | January 6th, 2012
We've been publishing the newswire now for close to two months. I don't know about you but I'm enjoying myself. You have probably deduced by now that the newswire allows me to work out some of my thoughts and issues that bounce around in my head. I have followed the Office universe for almost 25 years. I love the platform and what provides in possibilities to businesses of all sizes... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Extending Office 365 with SharePoint applications
Ty Anderson | January 5th, 2012
We write a lot about the solutions you can develop with Office and SharePoint using code. We do this honestly because we are, in our heart of hearts, developers. We write code, we read about code, we create tools that help you write code, etc... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: What will 2012 mean to Office 365? – 12.28.2011
Ty Anderson | December 28th, 2011
I can tell that a new year dawns because the majority of the news discusses one of two topics: the best / worst N things that happened in 2011 and what 2012 will mean to / for... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Exchange Online Extensibility
Ty Anderson | December 21st, 2011
Office 365 includes SharePoint Online, Office Professional Plus, and Lync Online. Oh… and… it also comes with Exchange Online. Now, as an Office developer, I tend to overlook Exchange due to my love affair with building apps that target the Office client apps and SharePoint... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 – SharePoint Online building blocks
Pieter van der Westhuizen | December 20th, 2011
Our blog is buzzing with news and updates about Office 365 and I hope you're following us on Twitter to get up to the minute updates. One of the biggest components of Office 365 is SharePoint Online and from a developer's point of view it is also one of the most customizable... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Customizing SharePoint Ribbon using the Ribbon Designer (C#, VB.NET)
Ty Anderson | December 19th, 2011
This is a demo that shows how to use the Ribbon Designer to create your first custom SharePoint ribbon. This is an end-to-end demo… which means it doesn't stop until the solution is deployed and working in SharePoint. This video is just under 20 minutes and is a great way to spend the 2nd-half your lunch break... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: SharePoint Ribbon calls to me – 12.19.2011
Ty Anderson | December 19th, 2011
Microsoft is in the business of building software. In fact, Microsoft wants everyone to use at least a couple dozen Microsoft products each and every day. To make this happen, Microsoft has endeavored to win the hearts and minds of developers. Microsoft figures that if they have developers that love the Microsoft platform, then they will write apps for it... Read the rest of this entry →
SharePoint Ribbon customization with Ribbon Designer for SharePoint & Office 365: C#, VB.NET
Pieter van der Westhuizen | December 15th, 2011
I'm pretty excited about the product I'm about to show you. It is not every day that you are able to work with a utility or tool that literally makes an activity a thousand times easier. In my previous post Customizing the SharePoint Ribbon, you most probably noticed the amount of work as well as trial and error that went into customizing the SharePoint 2010 Ribbon UI... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Ribbon Designer for SharePoint and Office 365
Ty Anderson | December 15th, 2011
One of the key goals here at Add-in Express is to build tools that simplify the task of developing Office solutions. Traditionally, the target has been the Office desktop applications. But with the new Ribbon Designer for SharePoint and Office 365, we now make life easier when you want to create a custom SharePoint ribbon in your SharePoint projects... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: Microsoft’s secret plan for Office 365 dominance – 12.14.2011
Ty Anderson | December 14th, 2011
A couple weeks ago (actually last week), I made a passing reference to MOJO. I was speaking then of Microsoft Office 365 numbers and that it points to maybe Microsoft is starting to recapture their MOJO. But what is MOJO? I suppose it depends. I’m about to pontificate so if you want to skip to the news you can but I’ll be offended if you do... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 – Lync Online: to customize, or not to customize, that is the question
Pieter van der Westhuizen | December 12th, 2011
What is Lync Online and why should developers care? Essentially think of Microsoft Lync as a combination of Microsoft Live Messenger, Microsoft Live Meeting and Microsoft Office Communicator. It is a next generation cloud communication service that is a hosted version of Microsoft Lync Server 2010... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 – Exchange Online Extensibility. What is it and what can you use it for?
Pieter van der Westhuizen | December 8th, 2011
I hope by this time you have signed up for and are using Office 365. From what I've gathered from various sources on the internet and even our local radio stations it looks like Office 365 is starting to take the world by storm... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: Is Office 365 succeeding or failing, news for developers – 12.7.2011
Ty Anderson | December 6th, 2011
I don't think I have slept this past week. No, it isn't what you might think. Despite perceptions imposed upon me as editor of the Newswire… it isn't because I have been spending all my time tracking news related to Office 365... Read the rest of this entry →
Customizing the SharePoint Ribbon: C# sample
Pieter van der Westhuizen | December 2nd, 2011
If you've used SharePoint, I'm sure the first thing you would've noticed is the Ribbon UI. The SharePoint ribbon provides users with a familiar Office user interface and it is also extensible for developers. This means developers can add their own tabs, groups and controls to the ribbon... Read the rest of this entry →
Office 365 Newswire: Why small businesses are leaving Google Apps for Office 365 – 11.30.2011
Ty Anderson | November 29th, 2011
Everyone is spending time trying to figure out "the cloud". The big software vendors have already decided it will be a big part of our future. They are rushing to port their existing offerings to the cloud to provide more features at a lower cost while also achieving software nirvana… subscription pricing... Read the rest of this entry →
Setting up your PC for SharePoint 2010 development
Pieter van der Westhuizen | November 24th, 2011
If you've been following our blog lately, you would've noticed a series of articles about Office 365. It is no secret that Office 365 will help move Office to the cloud and as developers we need to gear up for it... Read the rest of this entry →